Charging... as in Super

[Sixty8panther]

What famous race car had a engine who's supercharger was driven

directly off the crank? One quick hint: It's displacement was such

that each cylinder was more than a liter in size.

Oh, and a famous celebrity now owns this car.

[loki]

i'd guess a duesy... not sure what model cause i don't know much off hand...

[torobud]

Must be something Jay Leno owns... so it could be just about anything

[Sixty8panther]

You're both way off but closer than you think at the same time. :wink:

[Camino LS6]

Cord

[Sixty8panther]

Nope... but closer still, in some ways.

I have a photo of this car wearing green paint but it's now

black and I saw it in person a few months ago. It was

much more impressive in person.

[balthazar]

Well, per the clue, a 6-cylinder would be at least 6 liters (365 CI) and an 8 would be at least 8 liters (488 CI). I believe the Duesy SC 8 was a 'mere' 420 CI. It's bretheren Cord & Auburn didn't have any SC motors as big, I am fairly certain. Hmmmm...

[Sixty8panther]

Yes indeed Balthazar... 6 and 8 cylinder motors would be HUGE

in accordance with this formula.... not that I'm saying weather

it's a 3-banger or a V16.

[Sixty8panther]

HINT:

It's not an Inline six, not a flat four & not a V8.

You ----->

Me ------>

[Sixty8panther]

C'mon people... at least take a few guesses.

This might help:

The Blower ________ first appeared at the Essex six hour race at Brooklands on 29 June ____. However the car proved to be very unreliable. ______ himself had never accepted the Blower ______. He said that "there was no substitution for cubic inches" and that supercharging a ______ was "to pervert the design and corrupt the performance". However Birkin somehow managed to persuade ______to produce the 50 supercharged cars necessary for the model to be accepted for the ____ Le Mans 24 h race. At the end a total of 54 Blower _______ were built.

I think the car that is now black was green back in the day

but I may be wrong on that perticular detail. Either way

this should make it really easy for those of you who know

your racing history very well.

[Drew Dowdell]

jag

[lakefire]

I would guess the bentley blower and I guess that Bentley currently owns it.

Edited July 27, 2006 by lakefire

[Sixty8panther]

Yes that's the one.

My confusion lies in who owns which car. They made 54 or so

of them but in any case Ralph Lauren owns a black one, I

thought it might be the one that raced/won Lemans but

perhaps not. In any case it's an inline 4 cylinder 4.5litre motor

and the roots-type blower is driven directly off the crank.